Sartipy Ulrik, Ivert Torbjörn, Ugander Martin
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Apr;16(4):547-8. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs568. Epub 2013 Jan 17.
A 76-year old male on warfarin due to atrial fibrillation was admitted with Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia. Echocardiography demonstrated mitral valve endocarditis, and shortly thereafter, he suffered an intracranial haemorrhage as a result of septic embolism. Four weeks later, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed a newly formed pseudoaneurysm. A left ventricular pseudoaneurysm caused by infective endocarditis is very rare, but awareness of this unusual complication may allow surgery to prevent rupture.
一名76岁因心房颤动服用华法林的男性因金黄色葡萄球菌败血症入院。超声心动图显示二尖瓣心内膜炎，此后不久，他因脓毒性栓塞发生颅内出血。四周后，心脏磁共振成像显示新形成的假性动脉瘤。感染性心内膜炎引起的左心室假性动脉瘤非常罕见，但认识到这种不寻常的并发症可能有助于通过手术预防破裂。
